Trump hasn’t even stepped back into the White House yet, but his usual chaos is already here. The IMF says his now-infamous tariff threats are pushing long-term interest rates higher worldwide.

US president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats are already driving up longer-term borrowing costs around the world, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said. Uncertainty about the incoming administration’s trade policies is adding to worldwide economic headwinds and “is actually expressed globally through higher long-term interest rates,

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Friday warned that the global economy in 2025 faces heightened u

US President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats are already driving up longer-term borrowing costs around the world, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said.

The IMF has warned that jitters surrounding Donald Trump’s threat to impose trade tariffs were driving up longer-term borrowing costs and would add to pressures facing the global economy in 2025. Speaking to reporters in Washington on Friday,

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva stated that the U.S. economy was performing "quite a bit better" than anticipated, although there was significant uncertainty surrounding the trade policies of President-elect Donald Trump's administration.

US president-elect Donald Trump's threat of tariffs brings a new degree of uncertainty to the global economic outlook, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday.